Too busy to cook? Looking for a night out of the kitchen? Here’s your chance to have a great meal and help Lyme-Old Lyme High School (LOLHS) music students at the same time. Dine at Flanders Fish Restaurant in East Lyme on Monday, May 23, between 5 and 9 p.m., and Lyme-Old Lyme’s Friends of Music will receive a percentage of the proceeds.
For over 30 years, Flanders Fish restaurant has been serving up fresh seafood in its market and restaurant on Chesterfield Road in East Lyme, racking up accolades over the years such as the New London Day’s “Best Seafood”; the Connecticut Restaurant Association’s “Casual Restaurant of the Year”; and Connecticut magazine’s “Best Fish Market in the State.”
The menu offers classic New England seafood favorites as well as specialty dishes — and a large selection of non-seafood menu choices, including steaks, burgers, pasta, and pizza. For more information, visit flandersfish.com
The Flanders Fish Dine-in is one of several fundraisers that Friends of Music is conducting this year, in its effort to help defray the cost of sending LOLHS student musicians to represent Connecticut at Pearl Harbor commemoration ceremonies. On Dec. 7, 2016, high school bands and choruses from the United States and Japan will gather in Hawaii to perform at ceremonies marking the 75th anniversary of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the beginning of United States involvement in World War II.
Among those school groups will be 105 members of the LOLHS Band and Chorus, the only school in Connecticut — and one of only two from New England — to be participating in the event. LOLHS Chorus and Band members, along with Choral Director Kristine Pekar and Band Director Jacob Wilson, are busy preparing for this performance, which will demonstrate how cultures once opposed can come together to present a musical gift to the world.
There is a substantial cost for this trip, and Friends of Music is committed to raising funds to help cover these costs. Other projects under way include ongoing sales of Stop & Shop “Cash for Causes” cards; a Mattress Sale (new, name-brand mattresses at steep discounts) on May 21; and the “Hawaii Five.0” 5K road race on July 30. Direct donations will also be gratefully accepted.
Information on each of these projects, as well as a direct donation portal, can be found on the Friends of Music website, www.friendsofmusiclol.org. Or e-mail [email protected] for more information. As a registered 501(c)3 nonprofit organization, Friends of Music can accept matching funds from employers.